Cardiac Arrest
Supraglottic airway use in emergency medical service events rises in 2022 vs. 2011
Between 2011 and 2022, supraglottic airway use in cardiac arrest and pediatric emergency medical service events went up, whereas endotracheal intubation use went down, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.
Quality improvement program sustainably prevents cardiac arrest in pediatric ICUs
A multidisciplinary quality improvement program to prevent cardiac arrest in the pediatric ICU provided sustained improvement in participating centers out to 2 years, researchers reported.
Early triple combination COPD therapy decreases exacerbations, cardiopulmonary events
Patients with COPD on budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate within 30 days of an exacerbation had fewer future exacerbations and severe cardiopulmonary events, according to a study poster.
FDA designates recall of automated chest compression device as class I
Defibtech has issued a recall of its automated continuous chest compression device due to risk for the device to halt compressions during use.
Findings reveal ‘crucial’ need to manage immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis
Patients with cancer who received immune checkpoint inhibitors rarely developed cardiovascular adverse events, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Top in cardiology: Erythritol raises thrombotic risk; bystander CPR survival disparities
Consumption of the artificial sweetener erythritol may be linked with higher risk for blood clot formation compared with glucose in a study of 20 healthy volunteers published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Treatment effect of bystander CPR varies by race, sex
For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR improved rates of survival to hospital discharge, but the degree varied by race and sex, researchers reported in Circulation.
FDA grants accelerated approval to Augtyro for NTRK-positive solid tumors
The FDA granted accelerated approval to repotrectinib for the treatment of adults and children 12 years and older with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase gene fusion.
Preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation reduces hypoxemia during intubation
Fewer ICU/ED patients experienced hypoxemia during intubation with receipt of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation vs. an oxygen mask, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
‘Urgent action’ needed to stem heart disease risk related to climate change
In a review of nearly 500 observational studies, researchers determined that certain environmental stressors are associated with heart disease and are getting worse due to climate change.